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[[File:12322 Kolkata Mail.JPG|thumb|12322 Kolkata Mail]]<br />
[[File:Howrah Mumbai Mail.jpg|thumb|Howrah Mumbai Mail]]<br />
The '''Kolkata Mail''' (via Chheoki) also known as [[Imperial Indian Mail]] during the pre-independence era, is a daily train running between two metro cities [[Kolkata]], ([[Howrah station]]) in [[West Bengal]] and [[Mumbai]], ([[Mumbai CSMT]]) in [[Maharashtra]]. Numbered 12321/22, the train belongs to the [[Mail trains in India|Mail]] category and is operated by [[Eastern Railways]].<br />
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[[File:12322 Kolkata Mail at Allahabad.JPG|thumb|12322 Kolkata Mail at Allahabad]]<br />
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==Route==<br />
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This train travels through [[Asansol Junction railway station|Asansol Junction]], [[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]], [[Mughalsarai Junction railway station|Mughalsarai Junction]], [[Allahabad Chheoki Junction railway station|Allahabad Chheoki Junction]], [[Katni Junction railway station|Katni Junction]], [[Itarsi Junction railway station|Itarsi Junction]], [[Bhusaval Junction railway station|Bhusaval Junction]], [[Manmad Junction railway station|Manmad Junction]], and [[Kalyan Junction railway station|Kalyan]] to reach Mumbai CSMT, and vice versa.<br />
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==Traction==<br />
A [[Electric Loco Shed, Howrah|Howrah]]-based [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] hauls the train end-to-end from Howrah to Mumbai CSMT and vice-versa, via [[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]].<br />
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Before 6 June 2015, this train was hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan|Kalyan]]-based [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-3|WCAM-3]] locomotive from Mumbai CSMT to Igatpuri.<br />
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==History==<br />
Kolkata Mail as it is known now is one of the oldest train of [[Indian Railways]] with service of 150 years. This train was started by the British Indian Government on 7 March 1870 and was operated by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. At that time this train was known as the [[Imperial Indian Mail]] and use to carry British officers, civil servants, diplomats and their family members from the then Bombay to Calcutta. At that time it was one of the most luxurious train of British India and the world. Later on after independence the name was changed to Bombay Mail, which then subsequently changed to Mumbai Mail after rechristening Bombay to Mumbai. Being a very popular train, Indian Railways has to start another train by the same name but [[Howrah–Mumbai Mail|via Nagpur]]. Later on to avoid confusion, Indian Railways changed its name to Kolkata Mail.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dedicated Intercity trains of India]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/train/howrah-mumbai-cst-mail-via-allahabad-12321-hwh-to-cstm/1122/1/1620 Timetable]<br />
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